Mallet



April 1929- F. w; NIGHTINGALE 1,707,534

MALLET Filed March 12, 1928 Patented Apr. 2, 1929.

; UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK w. NIGHTINGALE, or QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS.

MALLET.

Application filed. March 12, 1928. Serial 260,936.

This invention relates to mallets of that character in which a. head of'relatively soft material, such as lead, is provided at one end with a striking member of harder material,.

6 such as brass or other composition metal, and with a handle of harder material than 1 lead extended into said head between its ends. v p

For purposes of the present invention the 10 head of softer material will be referred w described and one with which a severe blow may be struck with the hard metal member v without distortion or displacement of the lead member. 1 2'0 To this end, the hard metal member is provided with a vmember. which projects from its inner surface into the lead member and is made of sufficient length to engage the handle of the mallet within the lead member, so that when a blow is struck with the hard metal member the shock is transmitted to the handle and movement of the striking member with relation to the lead member and distortion of the latter are prevented. The projecting member may and preferably will be provided with longitudinally extended ribswhich serve-to effectively lock the lead member to the striking member;v I These and other .features'o-f the inven j tion will be pointed out in theclaims at-the end of this specification,

Fig. 1 is an elevation of'a malletembody ing this invention; I Fig. 2', a longitudinal section The head a is composed of a member 1O of lead or like relatively softfmetal, and a member 12 ofrelatively harder metal than the member '10, such as brass or other composition of metalsand the handle I) is of a material harder than the soft metal member 10.

The member 12 is preferably made as herein shown and is provided with a hollow body portion 14,.which is closed at one end by a head 15'and is. open at itsother end; v

of mallet shown in Fig. 1, with a portion of the handle head and b the handle of a mallet embody- The head 15 has extended from its inner surface a pro ection or member 16 of greater length than the length of the body portion 14: and of suflicient length to engage the handle Z) which is extended into the lead membcr'transvrsely thereof between the ends of the latter. I I I The projection or member 16 willbe l1ereinafter referred to as a bearing membenand it is preferably made tapering and provided with longitudinally extended ribs 17 and 'concaved at its outer end as shown in Fig. 3 to-fit the handle Z2 when the latter is of cylindrical shape as herein shown.

The handle isprcferably apiece of iron or'steel pipe having its inner end extended into'the lead member and closed at its end by asuitable plug 30.

The body portion 14 of the hard metal member is provided with a plurality of holes 18 for the reception of pins 19 which extend into the hollow body portion and serve'as means for. locking the soft metal member and the striking member together,-

, The handle may also be provided with a pin 3l extended through, it and projecting into the bodyportion ofthe lead member. 1 and serving as means for locking the handle to the lead member. In the manufacture of the handle the hard metal memberis placed in a suitablemold, i not shown, and molten lead poured into y i the mold and fills thehollow body portion of, the hard metal member; surrounding the bearing member and interlocking. with the ribs 17 of the latter.

The mold is suitably stat so that the molten lead, when set, formsa continuation of the outersurface ofthe hollow body portion 14 of the hard metal member, as' representedin Fig. 2, and the inner end of the bodyportion co-operates with a shoulder 20 formed in the lead member 10.

By reference. to Fig. ,2, it w-ill be seen that the bearing member. 16 engages the I handle 72, and when the mallet is used with the hard metal member striking a hard metal. object the shock or blow is transmitted' to the handle; and movement of the hard metal -member with relation to the" lead member of the mallet is prevented, c0114 sequentlyam'oresevere blow may be struck withthe hard metal member than when the bearing member is omitted p Inthe-absence of the'bear ngmember,

' ftheshockIor blow on. the hard member-causes it a displacement of the lead member with relation to the hard metal striking member, and in time the body portion of the metal member would work down over the outside of the hollow body portion 14 of the striking member and be thereby distorted to such extent as to render the hammer in time unsightly and inoperative under certain conditions of use, as, for instance, where it is desired to strike an object close to a surrounding object, which might be hit by the overlapping portion of the lead member before the hard striking member was brought into operative position.

A. mallet of the character described is especially useful in garages and like places,

i for all uses to which a lead mallet is now used, and in addition is also, useful for striking a more solid or harder blow with the striking member 12 of harder material without distortion of the lead member.

In garages the lead member 10 may be 7 used for striking tires and shoes when they stick to the rim of-a wheel as the soft metal will not injure the shoe or tire, while the harder metal member may be used for striking bolts and other steel objects, and by transmitting the blow to the handle through the hard metal bearing member 16, a more severe blow may be struck and distortion of the lead member avoided.

It is preferred to use a bearing member having longitudinal ribs as by so doing the ribs may be used to effect an interlocking of the lead member with the bearing member, but it is not desired to limit the inven' tion in this respect.

While it may be preferred to provide the striking men'iber of cylindrical shape as herein shown, it is not desired to limit the invention in this respect.

What is claimed is z 1. In ainallet, in combination, a head of relatively soft material having striking face at one end thereof and provided with a handle of harder material than said head extended into said head transversely thereof between its ends, a striking member of harder material at the opposite end of said head and provided with a bearing member extended into said head and co-operating. with said handle to transmlt the force of the body portion to blow'upon the harder striking member to said handle and resist relative movement of said harder striking member and said softer head.

2. In a mallet, in combination, a head of relatively soft material having a striking face at one end thereof and provided with a handle of harder material than said head extended into said head trz'msversely thereofbetween its ends, a striking member of harder material at the opposite end of said head, said strikinginember having a hollow body portion surrounding a reduced end portion of the softer head and provided with a bearing member of hard material extended into the said head and co-operating with the handle within the said head to engage the same and resist relative move ment of the harder striking member and the softer head. p

3. In a mallet, in combination, a head of relatively soft material having a striking face at one end thereof and providedwith a handle of harder material'tlmn said head extended into said head transversely thereof and between its on 5, a striking member of harder material at tne opposite end of said head, said striking member having aihollow body portion surrounding a reduced end portion of the softer head and provided with a bearing member of hard material extended into the said head and engaged with the handle within the latter and provided with devices for'interlocking with the headof softer material. 7 v y 4. In a mallet, in combination, a head of lead provided with a handle of harder ma terial than lead extended intosaid head transversely thereof between its ends, a

striking member of harder metal atone end of said head and pro ldedwvith hollow body portion into which said end of the lead headis extended, and with a bearing member of hard metal extended from the bottom of said hollow body portion out thereof and into are lead headto engage the handle, and means for locking said hollow the end of the lead head within the same.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification FRANK w. NIGHTINGALE. 

